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Scarecrow is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Cougar Mellencamp. Released on July 31, 1985, it peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200 . The album contained three top-ten hits: " R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. ", which peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 ; " Lonely Ol' Night ", which peaked at number six; and ...
According to the John Mellencamp biography Born in a Small Town, Mellencamp was initially reluctant to include "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." on Scarecrow, feeling the song was too light-hearted to include alongside the otherwise grim songs such as "Rain on the Scarecrow" and "Face of the Nation".
“Rain On The Scarecrow,” title track though it is of Scarecrow, Mellencamp’s 8th album—and last with the millstone of Cougar in his name—wasn’t even one of the LP’s three Top 10 hits ...
The crows tell Scarecrow that even if he was let down, he would not be able to walk as he is a "straw paper dummy". Scarecrow tries to reason with the birds by reading relevant quotations from figures such as Francis Bacon and Cicero as a rationale to be freed. The crows do not relent, however, and make him recite their "Crow Commandments ...
The title of "Lonely Ol' Night" was inspired by a scene in the 1963 film Hud starring Paul Newman, based on the 1961 novel Horseman, Pass By by Larry McMurtry.John Cougar Mellencamp had seen the film many times as a young man, and its portrayal of Newman's character Hud Bannon's strained relationship with his father Homer Bannon (Melvyn Douglas) affected Mellencamp deeply, inspiring many of ...
On the Rural Route 7609 is a box set by rock singer/songwriter John Mellencamp that was released on June 15, 2010. [1] The first part of the title refers to the song "Rural Route" (which is included in two versions) from his 2007 album Freedom's Road and the fact that Mellencamp's music and lifestyle have always been very rural in nature, and 7609 references that the set spans Mellencamp's ...
But I mean, I was fortunate. We talked about it for a while. He was on two seasons of The Apprentice, so he had a lot of that with a lot of people involved and a lot of gameplay going on there ...
What does a 30% chance of rain actually mean? Don't overthink it, meteorologists say. The question was sparked by a viral video that has received millions of views, originating on TikTok by user ...